{"id":114493,"date":"2016-02-10T20:29:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/10\/fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors-the-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:56:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T12:56:29","slug":"fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors-the-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/10\/fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors-the-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-114493 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/10\/fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors-the-hollywood\/attachment\/114494\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tumblr_o128juIPRH1tw3kfno1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tumblr_o128juIPRH1tw3kfno1_500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tumblr_o128juIPRH1tw3kfno1_500-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors.tumblr.com\/post\/137426763266\" target=\"_blank\">fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/women-entertainment-power-100-makers-846633\/item\/ava-duvernay-wie-2015-makers-846641\" target=\"_blank\">The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Women in Entertainment Power 100:\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><i>Ava DuVernay<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Selma\u2019s best picture Oscar nomination was the first for an African-American female director; the film also scored at the box office ($67 million worldwide) and with critics. This year, the Compton, Calif., native turned down Marvel\u2019s offer to direct Avengers spin\u00adoff Black Panther. Instead, she will helm an untitled Hurricane Katrina project and will make her first TV foray with the series Queen Sugar, which she wrote, will direct and produce for OWN and Warner Horizon.<\/p>\n<p><b>MY FIRST JOB IN HOLLYWOOD<\/b> \u201cIntern with CBS Evening News With Dan Rather &amp; Connie Chung out of the L.A. bureau, which was covering Hollywood and the O.J. Simpson case at the time. Wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN HOLLYWOOD<\/b> \u201cWhen you nervously walk through the door for that job interview, that pitch, that audition, the person on the other side of the decision wants you to be the answer to their problem, their need, their issue more than you can imagine. I didn\u2019t understand this until I was the person hiring and casting. Then, it clicked like the biggest secret ever revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>THE MOST HOLLYWOOD THING ABOUT MY LIFE<\/b> \u201cUnfortunately, I\u2019ve succumbed to the warped Hollywood trend and become spoiled by the expertly calibrated private screening rooms used around town by studios and filmmakers. Lately, I\u2019ve been choosing perfect picture and sound over the grain, grit and gum-under-shoe of public theaters, and I\u2019m really missing that priceless audience energy. There\u2019s nothing like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>WHAT PEOPLE DON\u2019T KNOW ABOUT ME <\/b>\u201cI\u2019ve attended 24 U2 concerts since age 15.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>GO-TO LUNCH SPOT <\/b>My Two Cents on Pico Boulevard. \u201cSouthern-inspired scrumptiousness served from a corner strip mall with major swagger and major skills. Love that spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>HOW I SAVE TIME<\/b> \u201cCalls while driving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>I\u2019M STILL STARSTRUCK BY<\/b> \u201cThe Queen known as Cicely Tyson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>SUPERPOWER I WISH I HAD<\/b> \u201cTime travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>MY QUIRKIEST HABIT <\/b>\u201cI like to crack other people\u2019s knuckles for them. It helps them relax, and I enjoy it. I know! So, so weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>FAVORITE TV SHOW (THAT I\u2019M NOT INVOLVED WITH) <\/b>The Knick<\/p>\n<p><b>AS A WOMAN IN THIS BUSINESS, I\u2019M STILL SURPRISED WHEN<\/b> \u2026 \u201cPeople are surprised by the patriarchy and prejudice embedded in this business, like it\u2019s something new that was just discovered and not a longstanding legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors: The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Women in Entertainment Power 100:\u00a0 Ava DuVernay Selma\u2019s best picture Oscar nomination was the first for an African-American female director; the film also scored at the box office ($67 million worldwide) and with critics. This year, the Compton, Calif., native turned down Marvel\u2019s offer to direct Avengers spin\u00adoff Black Panther. Instead, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/10\/fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors-the-hollywood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[2843,3382,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114495,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114493\/revisions\/114495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}